The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-15
Local and State Notes.

The stock of the L., n. A. & c. road has a6-
vaDced seven points within the last ten days.
Some definite action regarding the consoda-
ton of the Wabash proper and the Wabash
Western is looked for this week.
q. Smith, passenger conductor of the J. III. &
j. road WILL on the 23d of this month, be mar
ried to young lady residing in Columbus. Ind.
1t is officially announced that the L., N A. &
c. people have abandoned the building of the
branch from cambridge to Brazil, at least for
the present.
1t is announced officially that B. F. Hand is to
represent the c., l.. St L. & C. at Chicago on
his return from California, he taking the posi-
ton vacated by W. C. Hobbs.
The Wagner Car-door Company. OF this city
has been notified that the Mexican Central road
has adonted its door This is the first road
of a foreign country to adopt it
The Terre Haute car-works have their old or.
ders well cleared up and in the field for
more work, expecting to this week secure con-
tracts for tho building of some 2, 600 cars
]. D. Ba ldwin. district passenger agent of the
L., n. a. q c., and Jack Campbell. travelling
passenger agent of the Pennsylvania lines, are
both confined at home with inaamatory rheuma-
tism.
The last few months the passenger depart
ment of the l., B. & W. has been earning 40 to
45 per cent. of the receipts from traffic over the
road. This is a remarkable showing for West
ern line
Bert Hail. cashier, and Il Johnson s'Old Hoss. y
clerk of the Amams Express Company, at their
Indianapolis uptown Office, have been relieved.
81,
Baltimore & Ohio express
J. ID. Irwin has been appointed agent of the
Vandalia at Marshall crossing. the third agent
since the murder of the agent at that point.
The predecessors of Mr.. Irwin. it is stated be-
1ieve the Office is haunted, and have left through
fear.
The L. N. A. & c. earned the first week in
November $40 356 Increase over earnings cor
responding week 1886. SIS, 744. The Wabash
Western earned the first week in November
$124.0 Increase over earnings corresponding
period, 1886, SIS, 900.
Horace S. Watson on Sunday last buried his
mother, who died on Friday last at the advanced
age of seventy nine years. Mr. Watson for
many years represented the Hoosac Tunn ell line
ct this point and is now agent of the l., B. 81
w. at Charlottesville, Ind.
New rates to Southern pleasure resorts and to
Southern cities take effect to day. The rate one
way from Indianapolis to Jacksonville is 500 %.
For the round trip $40 80. From indianapolis
to New Orleans round trip S28 So To Mobile
and Pensacola round trip $40. 30.
The Decline has, since the LIST Of January,
carried % per cent. of the east bound business
out of Indianapolis earning its old pool per cent.
The road has carried an unusually large ton
mage of ffth-cass freight during that period
which has swelled its percentage
Parties who are well-informed as to the move
ments and the actions of jaw Gould regarding
the reorganization of the Wabash proper state
that he Mr. Goud) has acted very honorably in
the matter showing a willingness to settle all
questions at issue in fair and just manner to
ali parties interested
The Chicago. ST. Louis & Pittsburg lines
earned in October $545 800; increase over earn
The lines have earned in the first ten months of
this year 81, 100, 623; increase over earnings
responding period 1856. 1928, 934. These earn
ings cover 635 miles of road
Within the last sixty days the mem bers of the
Switchmen's Mutual Aid Association of North
America have been assessed thirteen times for
deaths or serious injury to its m EN- bers, which
is unusually large number of assessments for
n ha mo- haas rHnnc
work in the railroad service
On Sunday next the j., NJ. e I. will make
several changes in the running time of its trains.
The afternoon train now leaving at P. IL will
leave at 5:45 p NJ; the morning express north
from LouIsville will leave at A. NJ thus short
ening the time twenty minutes and arriving at
Indianapolis at lilo A. NJ
j. Long who for some years was master me-
chanic the L.. n. A 81 c. road. was yester-
dav appointed master mechanic on the Indiapa
Midland road. This company now has seven en-
gines, six of them heavy and of one of the best
types. The company will this week locate their
shops It is probable that they will 90 to No
blesville. Ind
The heavy passenger engine which the c.,
FL. & d. received q few days ago from the
Schenectady locomotive orks will be placed in
service the c., 81. & l. road. hauling the fast
hmberine the engine up. she hauled forty loaded
cars from Cincinnati to Dayton without the
least trouble.
The passenger business of the L.. n. A. & G.
LOT the last three months has been the heaviest
IN the history of the road. The earnings of this
department for October were As per cent in
cess or those of the corresponding month 1856
and q considerable per cent of this increase
comes from the indianapolis division. General
Passenger Agent Mccormick is the alert for
business and is making good record
Showing the Importance of Indianapolis as an
anthracite coal distributing point. il is stated
for the next sixty days 100 carloads of coal
would De sold per day on this market and sen t
to towns near oy were 1t in the city. As it is,
about thirty-hve cars dav are coming H.
not enough to fill orders at Indianapolis Such
towns as Lebanon, Charlottesville and Terre
Haute are more troubled for coal than is In
dianapols. Usually at this season of the year
the bins which now have none are well filed
Il is stated that the contracts awarded and
other improvements which must necessarily be
made to comepete the Union station and
system of tracks, Whereabouts with what has al
ready been expended, will excead the money
borrowed on the bonds of the company for such